Dr Fadi Al-Khrote, who was part of the team of medics who saved the baby, told Al-Jazeera the child was a "miracle" as the woman had been clinically dead for ten minutes before the operation finished.

Doctors said the baby's father was killed too.

Hundreds of Twitter users commented on Shayma's death on Wednesday afternoon.

More than 1,200 Palestinians, mainly civilians, have been killed since Israel Defence Forces (IDF) launched Operation Protective Edge against Gaza on 8 July, to restore calm in southern Israel after the firing of more than 150 rockets from Gaza into the country.